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. 1981 Mar 25;9(6):1405–1423. doi: 10.1093/nar/9.6.1405

Conformational analysis of a modified ribotetranucleoside triphosphate: m6(2)A-U-m6(2)A-U studied in aqueous solution by nuclear magnetic resonance at 500 MHz.

A J Hartel, G Wille-Hazeleger, J H van Boom, C Altona
PMCID: PMC326766  PMID: 6785726

Abstract

The complete and unequivocal assignment of the 24 ribose proton signals of m6(2)A(1)-U(2)-m6(2)(3)-U(4) by means of 500 MHz NMR spectroscopy at 17 degrees C is given. this assignment is based on scrupulous decoupling experiments carries out at various temperatures. Analysis of the observed chemical shifts and coupling constants of the tetramer shows that the two fragments -m6(2)A(3)-U(4) comprising the 3'-end occur mainly in the classical right-handed stack conformation, whereas the 5'-end the -U(2)- residue appears bulged out in favour of a less well-defined stacking interaction between the bases m6(2)A(1)-and -m6(2)A(3)-. Conformational populations about each of the torsional degrees of freedom along the backbone are discussed. A modernized version of pseudorotation analysis is used to delineate the conformational behaviour of the four ribose rings.

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